Community star and former host ofThe Soup,Joel McHale, will return to topical, satirical comedy with his new Netflix series, The Joel McHale Show. The weekly, half-hour show – which launches globally on Sunday, February 18th – will feature sketches, celebrity guest spots and video clips spanning TV, sports, politics and …
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A biopic about actress Hattie McDaniel, the Gone With the Wind star who became the first African American to win an Academy Award, is in development. Variety reports that producers Alysia Allen and Aaron Magnani have acquired the writes to author Jill Watts’ biography Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood …
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The 75th Annual Golden Globes were a curious night for Hollywood. After months of a business-wide reckoning where many powerful men have seen histories of sexual assault, harassment and abuse lead to career-ending consequences, the film industry’s biggest stars gathered for what’s typically one of the more uproarious, loose nights …
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Silicon Valley actorT.J. Millerhas been accused of sexual assault by a woman who knew him in college, The Daily Beast reports.The alleged victim, who remains anonymous, said the assault occurredduring their brief relationship in 2001. “He just tried a lot of things without asking me, and at no point asked …
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Alec Baldwin‘s Donald Trump celebrated Christmas at the White House with Cabinet and family – including Scarlett Johansson‘s Ivanka Trump – on Saturday Night Live. After Trump acknowledges “the greatest year in the history of America” and the tax plan that “might me make a real billionaire,” Cicely Strong’s Melania …
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Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams and other stars compiled a goofy short film to celebrate Jimmy Kimmel‘s 50th birthday. The inspiration for the amusing gift was The Terrific Ten, a comic book that Kimmel drew when he was a boy. The story is full of made-up heroes like “Color …
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UPDATE:HBO has dropped Louis C.K. from its Night of too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programscomedy benefit, The New York Times reports. The network announced on Thursday night that Louis C.K. would “no longer be participating” in the event, which is scheduled to air on November 18th, following allegations …
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Samantha Bee slammed White House chief of staff John Kelly on Wednesday for saying “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War.” Kelly’s comments surfaced in an interview broadcast earlier this week. “We knew when the indictment [of Paul Manafort] dropped, the Trump team would immediately …
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Just when you think there’s nothing original or exciting left to mine from a coming-of-age story, along comes the totally irresistible Lady Bird– a reminder that no genre is played out when there’s a new artist around to see it with fresh eyes. Screenwriter Greta Gerwig, in a spectacular solo …
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These days, a show isn’t really a true phenomenon unless there’s another show devoted to deconstructing, dissecting and discussing it to death. Modeled after the success of AMC’s The Talking Dead, the Netflix after-show Beyond Stranger Things seeks to enlighten viewers on the production of their hit I-Heart-the-’80s thriller with …
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